Hard to measure, but easy to see
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| dinotrac Sep 30, 2005 10:42 AM EDT |
Corporate Linux installations are probably easier to measure now than they were five years ago when many Linux installations would be "back room" redeployments of old hardware to run Samba and the like, but it's still tricky. What's not hard to see is the impact Linux has had. We see Microsoft fighting it with a vengeance while other folks are rushing to support it, sell it, or use it. The truth is that Microsoft has planned to be past marketing and competition at this point. It had wanted to own the desktop and the server room, and to charge whatever it damned well pleased for its products. It ain't there. |
| tadelste Sep 30, 2005 11:16 AM EDT |
Microsoft abandoned the core of their business where they make money and decided to be the best at things that don't make money: lobbying, practicing law and enforcement. Ballmer and Gates may consider themselves professional management but aside from taking advantage of the Internet upswing from 1995 -2000, they don't rank anywhere near the top as businessmen. They were at the right place at the right time. Their successful products were purchased from others and they bought a license to DCE which has been the basis of almost all their technology, especially OLE, ActiveX and so on. Watching them now seems like a sporting event. You sort of know when the team with the high sore has lost its momentum. The momentum swing has definitely taken place and the team with the lead is playing "don't lose". That invariably results in a loss. We'll see. But, I'll give points if you want to play the spread. |
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